TLDCast Podcast

Today we have special guest Cynthia Clay, the CEO of NetSpeed Learning Solutions and the author of Great Webinars: How to Create Interactive Learning that is Captivating, Informative, and Fun. She brings her knowledge of the virtual learning field to the window and talks with Brent about current trends in virtual learning. Cynthia’s background Validity to our backgrounds Active engagement = active brains Slow wave sleep Timing your training Walking around managers The six principles This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm

Brent comes to us live from the offices of Mindspace talking with Chad Belin, They take the idea of gamification and talk about how it applies to training and the world around us. It weaves in and out of badges, indicators, and feedback and eventually ends up with some real-world applications from Mindspace. Mindspace background Points, badges, leaderboards Gamified real world Setting times, indicators, the red dot The learning ecosystem Mindspace three step process Feedback as a game mechanic Breadcrumbs Cascading information theory White hat, black hat

Video Friday is back! We have Sam Rogers in hot seat and Matt Pierce as our guest with a great special message just for TLDCast! Matt went over the Techsmith Academy with the group and discussed his thought process behind setting up this resource. Matt Pierce background Sharing the Techsmith Academy Video production timeline Write, script, film, post Shapes in scripting Video for learning Relating story-telling and scripts to games

Megan Torrance is the CEO and founder of TorranceLearning and she brings over 25 years of experience in L&D to the group as we talk about everything xAPI including the ‘gnome’, the ‘cohort’ and how to get up to speed with xAPI. xAPI Cohort Gnome Getting to code The download thing LLAMA

Wednesday brings a guest host and a guest in the window with Cara North and Andrew Hughes, respectively. Cara throws a Q&A session at Andrew that covers his company Designing Digitally, his influences, and how he navigates the L&D world. Feel free to jump into the Slack channel and share your answers to the questions. Slack Channel – http://bit.ly/2jMKreV Company history Q&A session What is your favorite video game and why? Who is your knowledge crush (someone you admire for their brain and platform) If you only had to use one software tool for the rest of your career, what would it be and why? If you can get rid of one thing in L&D, what would that be? What does your creative process look like? Where do you go for inspiration? How do you prefer to work: quiet or noisy. If noisy, what do you like to listen to? If you had to explain in 30 words or less what you do for a living, what would say? What is the biggest challenge you face today in the L&D industry? Personally? as a company?

Today we have a special guest Todd Brown, the co-founder of Next Action Associates. He talks with Brent in the window about the GTD attitude and how to apply that to training and coaching in the industry. It was a great conversation on how to streamline your process and set up your time to get the most from your day. Todd’s history Dealing with the inputs Confidence in decisions Workflow model Tasks Capture – All that is coming in. Clarify – Make sense of things we captured; what is the next step? Organizing – What does it look like for you? Review – What would I look at when? Engaging – How do I chose what to do? Q&A session Software suggestions

We go over the hump and landed on Thursday. Bucky Dodd, Chief Learning Innovation Officer and Director of the Institute for Learning Environment Design at the University of Central Oklahoma. Bucky joins Brent in the window to talk about the future of education and his ideas on how learning is handled in academia can spill into the corporate L&D field. Bucky’s history Empathy Training <> punishment Shared language Learning environment modeling (LEM) 5-4-3-2-1 Tracking the learning Balance the information and story

Today we welcome Ben Betts of HT2 Labs to the video window. He brings 15 years of L&D experience to the group and talk with our guest guide, Jo Cook. It was a very informative session that took us from chat boards to AI and retrieving data. Ben’s/HT2 history History of chat boards xAPI insight Data security Neural networking LRS vs. LMS Retrieving data

Tuesday brings a special guest, Scott Cooper, the VP of Marketing of GO1. He is also one of the Bay Area Learning Design and Technology Meetup and runs a weekly newsletter at OnlineLearningWeekly.com. He brings a wealth of practical knowledge and real world application to the chat today. Scott’s book review Coursework review/awards Adding audio/video to courses Is it elearning? Is it video? Story telling Content sharing platforms Marketing crossover

Great conversation on location at Mindspace Studios at Tempe, AZ with Creative Director, Brandon Marsala. Brent Schlenker had a fantastic, wide-ranging conversation with Brandon that covered a variety of topics related to creativity. Brandon answered questions like: Where do you get your inspiration for creativity? What do you do when your team’s creativity isn’t hitting the mark for the client? How do you regroup and take a different approach? What do you do when you client can’t buy into your creative ideas/process? How you find the innovators in an organization? Sponsored by: